title: Tophaceous gout of the navicular bone as a cause of medial inflammatory tumor of the foot.
abstract: A case of tophaceous gout of the navicular bone in a 24-year-old woman is reported. Emphasis is placed on the conditions that might have been precipitating, i.e., anorexia nervosa and alcoholism, and the mechanisms by which increased uric acid level may be explained. The main radiographic patterns of tophaceous gout of the foot are recalled to avoid unnecessary surgery in future cases.
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Lapeyronie Hospital, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Olive
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Canovas
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Medioni
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Leroux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baldet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bonnel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Blotman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism; D003460:Crystallization; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006073:Gout / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology*; D013639:Tarsal Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D014527:Uric Acid
chemical_list: D014527:Uric Acid